Title :
A 36-channel x 10-GHz spectrally sliced pulse source based on supercontinuum generation in normally dispersive highly nonlinear holey fiber
Author :
Yusoff, Z. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Furusawa, K. ; Monro, T.M. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate a spectrally sliced pulse source which utilizes supercontinuum generated in a normally dispersive holey fiber and spectral slicing in an arrayed waveguide grating. All 36 10-GHz channels exhibit almost constant pulsewidth and excellent noise properties, as verified by bit-error-rate measurements.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 GHz; 36-channel /spl times/ 10-GHz spectrally sliced pulse source; almost constant pulsewidth; bit-error-rate measurements; noise properties; normally dispersive highly nonlinear holey fiber; supercontinuum generation; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Holey fibers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Pulse measurements; Supercontinuum generation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.819733
